Yesterday (December 3rd), I decided to try messaging a fellow webcomic creator that I strongly admire: Shelby Lynn Criswell, writer and illustrator of Awkward Shelby.
And, boy, am I glad I did! She’s not only super talented, but also super sweet! She even checked out The Flea and is now a fan! So I wanted to do everything in my power to promote her comic and share her work with all of you. 
Awkward Shelby is a series of autobiographical strips detailing the awkward moments of Shelby’s life. Shelby is a self-procliamed “androgynous weirdo,” but I think her awkwardness is very universal (or at least I personally relate to many of her plights). Her drawing style is very whimsical and full of movement and life.
Also, she’s working on a more serious graphic novel called This is Your Life, which looks very very very promising! 
Below are a number of my favorite strips from Awkward Shelby.
The following images belong to Shelby Lynn Criswell.
For more Awkward Shelby, please check out the following websites…
awkwardshelby.thecomicseries.com
awkwardshelbycomic.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/AwkwardShelby
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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Here is some information on my works…!
Full-length Screenplays
- No Longer Human: A story of obsession. Inspired by the deaths of the artists Jeremy Blake and Theresa Duncan.
- Valentine: A retelling of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo, focused on the story of Maximilian Morrel and Valentine de Villefort.
- The Man Who Never Smiled: A contemporary film noir.
- Houdini & Conan Doyle: An exploration of the friendship, falling-out, and rivalry between the escape artist Harry Houdini and the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Short Screenplays
- Robots Are a Girl’s Best Friend is the story of a troubled middle-aged man who attends a Halloween party dressed as Marilyn Monroe. A life-changing encounter with an “inanimate object” helps him come to terms with his identity.
- Death Is No Bad Friend: Based on the life and works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert Louis attempts to escape his guilty conscience through honeymooning on Mount Saint Helena. But his illness catches up, forcing him to face his demons.
Fiction
- “Go Jump in the Lake”: The precursor to Who is Laurence Harvey? An imagining of Laurence Harvey’s experience on the set of The Manchurian Candidate (1962). During filming in Manhattan, Larry is required to jump into the frozen waters of the Lake in Central Park. With this feat looming over his head, he questions his ability to cope with the pressure.
- “Robots Are a Girl’s Best Friend” (See above.)
- “Bludgeoning The Walrus”: A ‘60s period piece about a movie set designer who is fed up with his lecherous, big-shot boss.
- “Ulysses in Hell”: An account from the perspective of the hero Ulysses as he burns in Dante’s Inferno.
- “Coin-operated Golem”: Inspired by “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg.
- “The Ink Drinker”: A dystopian story about a young girl who learns the truth about an outcast of society.
- “The Scar Still Hurts” (In Progress)
- “The Man with a Television for a Head” (In Progress)
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For more information, please visit my homepage: www.wix.com/gegallas/writer.
For more updates, don’t forget to follow me on tumblr and/or twitter.
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Copyright 2012 by G. E. Gallas
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